Museum of Government Waste

Synopsis

40-year-old Floridian Greg Knapp is fed up. Concerned for his childrens future and outraged by spiraling national debt, Greg heads to Washington, D.C. There, Greg learns that as a regular citizen he has no access inside the Beltway. Instead of packing his bags and giving up, he decides to play the Washington game. Greg hires a lobbyist and goes after his own piece of wasteful porkan earmark for a Museum of Government Waste.

Gregs journey takes him across the country, from pork barrel landmarks like the Teapot Museum in Sparta, North Carolina, to the offices of high-profile lobbyists and, eventually, to a private fundraiser for one of Capitol Hills most powerful politicians. Along the way, he realizes that the American political process is in worse shape than he ever dreamedand that he just might get his earmark after all. Original hidden camera footage offers a jaw-dropping look at where our tax dollars are goingand at how our elected officials are behaving.